Air Quality Alert until 01:30PM Saturday
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has declared Friday June 30th to be an Action Day. All of the area will continue to be affected by wildfire smoke. The following counties will also be affected by elevated ozone levels including... Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent, Allegan and Van Buren counties. Pollutants are expected to be in the unhealthy for sensitive groups range. People and businesses are urged to avoid activities which lead to ozone formation. These activities include refueling vehicles or topping off when refueling, using gasoline powered lawn equipment, and using charcoal lighter fluid. Positive activities include car pooling, biking to work, delaying or combining errands, and using water based paints. It is recommended that active children and adults, and persons with respiratory diseases such as asthma, limit prolonged outdoor exertion. For further information please see the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy page on the internet at... http://www.michigan.gov/EGLE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: MASON ... LAKE ... OSCEOLA ... CLARE ... OCEANA ... NEWAYGO ... MECOSTA ... ISABELLA ... MUSKEGON ... MONTCALM ... GRATIOT ... OTTAWA ... KENT ... IONIA ... CLINTON ... ALLEGAN ... BARRY ... EATON ... INGHAM ... VAN BUREN ... KALAMAZOO ... CALHOUN ... JACKSON
Address/Location
GR PUBLIC SAFETY
1 Monroe Center St NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 616-456-3400
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP GRANDRAPIDS followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Unknown - Severity unknown
- Urgency:
- Unknown - Urgency not known
- Certainty:
- Unknown
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Air Quality Alert